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Illegal prime An illegal prime is a prime number which represents information forbidden by USA law to possess or distribute. It is a matter of debate whether the number itself is therefore illegal in the USA, and under what circumstances.
Illegal stamps Illegal stamps, are postage stamp-like labels issued in the names of existing independent countries or territories, entities claiming to be independent, or completely fictitious entities. They are a subset of Philatelic fakes and forgeries for which a member nation of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), has caused the issue of an "International Bureau Circular" advising others of this label.
Illegal Tender Illegal Tender is the first EP by the alternative rock group Louis XIV. It was released on January 21, 2005, and features the band's first single, "Finding Out True Love Is Blind," which was also included on the band's first album, The Best Little Secrets Are Kept, released later in 2005.
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing Illegal fishing takes place where vessels operate in violation of the laws of a fishery.This can apply to fisheries that are under the jurisdiction of a coastal state or to high seas fisheries regulated by regional organisations.
Illegalism Illegalism is an anarchist philosophy that developed primarily in France, Italy, Belgium, and Switzerland during the early 1900s as an outgrowth of anarchist individualism. The illegalists openly embraced criminality as a lifestyle.
Illian In the fictional world of Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time, Illian is a powerful merchant nation north of the Sea of Storms. It is a center of commerce specializing in fishing, shipping, shipbuilding, and smuggling.
Illiasu Shilla Illiasu Shilla, actually named Shilla Illiasu Alhassan (Illiasu is a name, Alhassan is a surname and Shilla is a nickname) (born 20 June 1983) is an Ghanaian football defender who currently, as of September 2006, plays for FC Saturn. (He is of mixed Jewish and Arab ethnicity.
Illiberal democracy Technically speaking, an illiberal democracy could be any democracy that is not a liberal democracy. However, the term is almost always used to denote a particularly authoritarian kind of representative democracy, in which the leaders and lawmakers are elected by the people, but abuse their power while in office.
Illibuck Illibuck is a wooden turtle trophy presented to the winner of the Ohio State-Illinois football game. Originally the "trophy" was a live turtle when the tradition began in 1925, but has been a wooden replica since 1927.
Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act The Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act is a United States federal law enacted on April 30, 2003. A substantially similar Act was proposed during the previous Congress as the Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act (RAVE Act).
Illicium Illicium is a genus of flowering plants containing 42 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees, and is the sole genus in family Illiciaceae. The species are native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern and southeastern Asia, southeastern North America, and the West Indies.
Illini (Amtrak) The Illini is a 310-mile (499 km) passenger train operated by Amtrak that runs between Chicago and Carbondale, Illinois. The train is a part of the Illinois Service rail network and is partially funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation and by local governments along the route.
Illini Drumline The Illini Drumline is the marching percussion section of the Marching Illini, the Marching Band at the University of Illinois. Instrumentation varies from year to year, but typically includes 10 snare drums, 5 tenors, 5 bass drums, and 10 cymbals.
Illini Media The Illini Media Company, previously known as the Illini Publishing Company, is a non-profit corporation that owns the Daily Illini, a student-run newspaper at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; WPGU-FM 107.1, a student-run commercial radio station; the Illio, a yearbook for students; the Buzz a student run weekly; and the Technograph, a student run engineering quarterly.
Illiniwek The Illiniwek (also known as the Illini, Illinois, Illinois Confederacy) were a group of six Native American tribes in the upper Mississippi River valley of North America. The tribes were the Kaskaskia, the Cahokia, the Peoria, the Tamaroa, Moingwena and the Michigamea.
Illinoi, Illinois Illinoi is a small place on the Illinois/Indiana state line. Illinoi was originally a station on the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad, later part of the Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad, then the New York Central Railroad, then Penn Central Transportation and finally Conrail (by then there was no passenger service).
Illinois 10th congressional district election, 2006 — Although reliably Republican in past elections, this district located in the northern suburbs of Chicago in Cook and Lake counties, along Lake Michigan, voted for John Kerry and Barack Obama in 2004, which may make re-election in 2008 a challenge for Republican incumbent Mark Kirk. Kirk is the head of the Moderate Republican caucus.
Illinois 8th congressional district election, 2006 The Illinois 8th congressional district election of 2006 took place on November 7, 2006, and was considered unusual in several ways. The two main candidates in the election for the United States House of Representatives were incumbent Melissa Bean of the Democratic Party and Republican Party candidate David McSweeney, joined by third-party candidate Bill Scheurer, running as a self-proclaimed "moderate.
Illinois and Michigan Canal The Illinois and Michigan Canal ran 96 miles (155 km) from the Bridgeport neighborhood in Chicago on the Chicago River to LaSalle, Illinois on the Illinois River. It was finished in 1848 and allowed boat transportation from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
Illinois Archaeological Survey The Illinois Archaeological Survey (IAS) is a society of professional archaeologists, and other technical professionals, dedicated to identifying and preserving important archaeological resources throughout the state of Illinois. The Survey was founded in 1956 and is one of the oldest professional archaeological societies in the Americas.
Illinois Archaeology The professional journal Illinois Archaeology is published by the Illinois Archaeological Survey, one of the oldest professional archaeological societies in the Americas. The peer-reviewed journal is considered the flagship professional journal of the region.
Illinois Beach State Park Illinois Beach State Park is part of the Illinois state park system and is located along Lake Michigan in northeast Illinois in the city of Zion and the Village of Winthrop Harbor. The park is broken into two units that encompass an area of 4,160 acres and contains over six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline.
Illinois Bend, Texas Illinois Bend is on Farm to Market Road 677 twenty miles northeast of Montague in the extreme northeastern corner of Montague County. The community, which initially was called Wardville, after local landowner C.
Illinois Central 201 Illinois Central 201 is a steam locomotive, originally owned and operated by Illinois Central Railroad. In 1949, the locomotive was operated at the Chicago Railroad Fair as part of the "Wheels A-Rolling" pageant.
Illinois Central College Illinois Central College is a large junior college located in northern East Peoria, Illinois. It features artist galleries as a part of the Performing Arts Center, which exhibit new works by students and nationally known artists every 3 weeks.
Illinois Central Railroad The Illinois Central , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad carrier in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with Sioux City, Iowa (1870).
Illinois Central Railroad Depot (Ullin, Illinois) The Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Ullin, Illinois is the only site in the village of Ullin listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Together with the Olmstead Depot in Olmsted the Illinois Central Railroad Depot represents half of Pulaski County's listed sites.
Illinois Central Railroad Water Tower and Pump House The Illinois Central Railroad Water Tower and Pump House is located in the small Marion County, Illinois city of Kinmundy. The Water Tower and Pump House has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1998.
Illinois Civil Justice League The Illinois Civil Justice League is a coalition of Illinois citizens, small and large businesses, associations, professional societies, not-for-profit organizations and local governments that have joined together to work for fairness in the Illinois civil justice system. The League's agenda is limited to working for, and preservation of, a civil justice system that is fair to all Illinois citizens and interests.
Illinois College Illinois College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (USA); it is located in Jacksonville, Illinois. It is the second oldest college in Illinois, founded in 1829 by one of the famous Yale Bands -- students from Yale University that travelled westward to found new colleges.
Illinois College of Optometry The Illinois College of Optometry is a 4-year private optometry college located in Chicago, Illinois. Graduating approximately 160 optometrists a year, it is the largest optometry college in the United States and is the oldest continually operating educational facility dedicated solely to the teaching of optometrists.
Illinois Country The Illinois Country (French: Pays des Illinois) was the name used in the 17th century and afterwards to refer to an undefined region centered around present day southwest Illinois that was explored and settled by the French beginning in 1673, when Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette explored the Mississippi River, and France claimed the Illinois Country.
Illinois District The Illinois District is a geographical segment of the Barbershop Harmony Society, an all-male North American singing organization. It encompasses the entire state of Illinois, and is one of four BHS districts that lie completely within a single state or province (the others being the Sunshine District, the Pioneer District, and the Ontario District.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) of the state of Illinois is the primary body concerned with the protection of the environment for the state. The Illinois EPA's mission is "to safeguard environmental quality, consistent with the social and economic needs of the State, so as to protect health, welfare, property and the quality of life.
Illinois General Assembly The Illinois General Assembly is the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States, created by the first constitution adopted in 1818. It works beside the executive branch led by the state governor and the judicial branch led by the supreme court.
Illinois Governmental Internship Program (IGIP) The Illinois Governmental Internship Program is a hands-on learning opportunity for high school seniors in Illinois. Approximately forty students each year (twenty each semester) serve as special assistants in organizations ranging from the Governor's Office to the University School of Medicine to the State Board of Education.
Illinois High School Association The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is one of 521 state high school associations in the United States, designed to regulate competition in interscholastic events at the high school level. It is a charter member of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818.
Illinois in the American Civil War The state of Illinois during the American Civil War was a major source of troops for the Union army (particularly for those armies serving in the Western Theater), as well as military supplies, food, and clothing. Situated strategically near major rivers and railroads, the state became a major jumping off place early in the war for Ulysses S.
Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago is part of The Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges focusing on helping students develop marketable skills within creative industries. The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago offers bachelor's degree or associates degree for several programs including: fashion, interior design, visual communication/graphic design and other media arts, and culinary arts.
Illinois language The Illinois language is a Native American language formerly spoken in the United States, primarily in Illinois and adjacent areas along the Mississippi River by several subtribes, among them the Kaskaskia, Peoria, and Tamaroa. Later the Illinois tribes were forcibly removed from that state, eventually settling in northeastern Oklahoma.
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, or IMSA, is a three-year, residential, public high school of approximately 640 students (comprised of sophomores, juniors, and seniors). IMSA is located in Aurora, Illinois, about 35 miles due west of Chicago, Illinois.
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (or IMRF) was created in 1939 by the Illinois General Assembly and began operating in 1941 with 5 original employers and $5,000 in assets. Today IMRF serves approximately 2,900 employers and has more than $19 billion in assets.
Illinois news broadcasters association The Illinois News Broadcasters Association (INBA) is a non-profit organization made up of rank-and-file broadcast journalists from across the state of Illinois. Founded on the 12th of January 1955, the INBA now has over 200 members who work in radio, television, wire services, and education.
Illinois National Guard Armory (Rockford) The Illinois National Guard Armory in Rockford, Illinois, Winnebago County is located at 605 Main St. and served as the headquarters for Illinois National Guard units of various designations for nearly 60 years.
Illinois Open Championship The Illinois Open Championship is a golf tournament that is administered by the Illinois PGA (Professional Golfers' Association). The "state championship of golf" is a 54-hole championship over three days to determine the finest player in the state of Illinois.
Illinois Parallel Railroad The Illinois Parallel Railroad was an early predecessor to the Chicago and North Western Railway, and was incorporated in Illinois on February 12, 1851 (another source lists the date as February 17th) to construct a 44.6 mile rail line northward from Chicago through Waukegan to Wisconsin paralleling Lake Michigan at a distance of no less than ten miles from the lake's west shore.
Illinois PGA Established in 1916, the Illinois PGA, headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, is a professional service organization serving the golf professionals in northern and central Illinois, and is responsible for the administration of competitive golf tournaments and golf professional support programs. The Illinois PGA is the 12th largest of the 41 regional entities or "Sections" that comprise the Professional Golfers' Association of America.
Illinois Prairie Path The Illinois Prairie Path (often called the Prairie Path and abbreviated IPP) is a network of 61 miles (98 km) of bicycle trails, mostly in DuPage County, Illinois. Portions of the trail extend west to Kane County and east to Cook County.
Illinois RailNet The Illinois RailNet (also called Illinois Railway) (AAR reporting mark IR) is a Class III railroad operating in northern Illinois. It operates 113 miles of former Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway trackage in the west Chicago suburbs.
Illinois Railway Museum The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) is the United States's largest railway museum. Granted tax-exempt status in 1957, the mission of the Museum is to demonstrate the vital role railroads have played in the growth of the Chicago area as well as the United States.
Illinois River The Illinois River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 273 miles (439 km) long, in the state of Illinois in the United States. The river drains a large section of central Illinois, with a drainage basin of 40,000 square miles (104,000 km²).
Illinois River (Oregon) The Illinois River is a tributary of the Rogue River, approximately 75 mi (120 km) long, in southwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains a mountainous area of the Coastal Range in the southwestern corner of the state.
Illinois Route 10 Illinois Route 10 is an arterial east-west state road that runs from rural Mason County, Illinois east to Champaign, Illinois, a distance of about 91 miles (146 km)Rand McNally. "The Road Atlas '04: United States, Canada and Mexico".
Illinois Route 104 Illinois Route 104 is a state highway in central and western Illinois. It extends from Illinois Route 29 near Taylorville, Illinois, west over the Illinois River at Meredosia, Illinois to its western terminus in downtown Quincy, Illinois.
Illinois Route 127 Illinois Route 127 is a north-south highway in central and southern Illinois. Its southern terminus is at Illinois Route 3 near Olive Branch and its northern terminus at Interstate 55, along with the southern terminus of Illinois Route 48 in Raymond.
Illinois Route 13 Illinois Route 13 is a major east-west state route in southern Illinois. Illinois 13 has its western terminus at Centreville at Illinois Route 157 and its eastern terminus at the Kentucky state line and the Ohio River, at Kentucky Route 56.
Illinois Route 131 Illinois Route 131 is a north-south state road in northeastern Illinois. It extends south from Highway 31 at the Illinois/Wisconsin state line by Pleasant Prairie, south to Illinois Route 176 in Lake Bluff, a distance of 10 miles (16 km).
Illinois Route 132 Illinois Route 132 is an arterial state road that connects Illinois Route 59 near Fox Lake, Illinois, with Illinois Route 131 in Waukegan. It is known as Grand Avenue for its entire length, and Grand Avenue extends west beyond Lindenhurst to near U.
Illinois Route 137 Illinois Route 137 is a state highway in northeast Illinois. It runs from the Wisconsin Border north of Winthrop Harbor south to North Chicago, west to Libertyville, and then back northwest to Grayslake, terminating at Illinois Route 83 just south of Illinois Route 120.
Illinois Route 142 Illinois Route 142 is a major arterial road in southeastern Illinois. It runs from near the town center of Equality, Illinois at Calhoun Street, a local road, north to Illinois Route 37 and the northern terminus of Illinois Route 148 in Mount Vernon, Illinois.
Illinois Route 148 Illinois Route 148 is a north-south state road in southern Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 37 at Pulleys Mill (near the intersection of Interstate 24 and Interstate 57) north to the western terminus of Illinois Route 142 and Illinois 37 south of downtown Mount Vernon.
Illinois Route 150 Illinois Route 150 is an east-west state road in southern Illinois. It runs from the Chester Bridge, a truss bridge over the Mississippi River to Route 51 in the state of Missouri, to Illinois Route 154 in rural Perry County well west of Pinckneyville.
Illinois Route 16 Illinois Route 16 is an arterial east-west highway in central Illinois. Its western terminus is at the Joe Page Bridge over the Illinois River in Hardin, while its eastern terminus is at Paris at Illinois Route 1 and U.
Illinois Route 178 Illinois Route 178 is a minor north-south state highway in north central Illinois. It runs north from the unincorporated area of Lowell to Interstate 80 about 3 miles (5 km) north of North Utica, which is better known as simply Utica.
Illinois Route 2 Illinois Route 2 is a north-south state road in northern Illinois. It currently starts at Illinois Route 40 in Sterling, Illinois and ends at the Wisconsin state line north of South Beloit, Illinois, very near the intersection with U.
Illinois Route 242 Illinois Route 242 is a north-south state highway that runs north from Illinois Route 142 in McLeansboro to Illinois Route 15 in Wayne City. It is approximately 19 miles (31 km) long and serves as a spur of Illinois Route 142, which runs north-south from Mount Vernon to Equality.
Illinois Route 255 Illinois Route 255, also referred to as the Alton Bypass (though it does not yet completely bypass Alton), is a northwesterly extension of Interstate 255 in southwestern Illinois. Illinois 255 starts at I-270 in Pontoon Beach and currently ends at Fosterburg Road in Alton, a distance of 13.
Illinois Route 26 Illinois Route 26 is a north-south state road in centranl and north-central Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 116 just north of East Peoria, Illinois to Highway 69 at the Wisconsin border near Orangeville, Illinois.
Illinois Route 3 Illinois Route 3 is a major north-south arterial state highway in southwestern Illinois. It has its southern terminus at Cairo Junction (about 4 miles, or 7 km, north of Cairo) at the intersection of Interstate 57 and U.
Illinois Route 33 Illinois Route 33 is a multidirectional highway in southeastern Illinois, with its western terminus at Illinois Route 128 on the Fayette-Effingham county line near Beecher City and its southern terminus at U.S.
Illinois Route 336 Illinois Route 336 is a four-lane freeway/expressway combination that serves western Illinois. It is also used to refer to the name of a future project to connect the cities of Quincy and Peoria via underserved Macomb.
Illinois Route 34 Illinois Route 34 is a north-south state road in southern Illinois. It runs from a former ferry crossing to Kentucky Route 297 across the Ohio River in Rosiclare to the multipexed Illinois Routes 14 and 37 in Benton, Illinois.
Illinois Route 394 Illinois Route 394 is a short four-lane state freeway that travels south from Thornton at the Interstate 294/Interstate 94/Interstate 80 (Tri-State Tollway/Bishop Ford Expressway) interchange to Illinois Route 1 south of Steger and Crete. Before taking the Illinois 394 route, it was known as Alt Illinois 1.
Illinois Route 4 Illinois Route 4 is a long state road that runs south from the Interstate 55 business loop around Springfield south to Illinois Route 13 just north of Murphysboro. This is a distance of about 160 miles (257 km)Rand McNally.
Illinois Route 47 Illinois Route 47 is a largely rural north-south state highway that runs from the Wisconsin state border at Highway 120 near Hebron, to Illinois Route 10, just south of Interstate 72 near Seymour. This is a distance of about 160 miles (257 km).
Illinois Route 60 Illinois Route 60 is an east-west state highway in Lake County, in northeastern Illinois. It connects the village of Volo at Illinois Route 120 (Belvidere Road) just east of Illinois Route 59 with the village of Lake Forest at U.
Illinois Route 62 Illinois Route 62 is an east-west state road in northeast Illinois. It runs from downtown Algonquin at Illinois Route 31 (Main Street) to the intersection with Illinois Route 83 (Elmhurst Road) by industrial Mount Prospect, about 20 miles (32 km).
Illinois Route 96 Illinois Route 96 is a north-south state road in far western Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 100 in Kampsville, not far from a ferry crossing across the Illinois River, to Illinois Route 94 north of Terre Haute.
Illinois skills match Illinois skills match is an online service for the people of Illinois to find employment in the state of Illinois. This government website was introduced for the people of Illinois to combat unemployment as part of the IDES (Illinois Department of Employment services) online modernization campaign.
Illinois statewide office elections, 2006 The 2006 Election for statewide offices in the State of Illinois were held on 7 November 2006. On that date, registered voters in the State of Illinois were eligible to elect officeholders in six statewide offices.
Illinois Senate The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818.
Illinois School Report Card The Illinois School Report Card is a measurement of school performance created by the Illinois State Board of Education. Every public school in Illinois has a card published that lists data about school demographics, salaries and test performance.
Illinois State Board of Education The Illinois State Board of Education or ISBE, autonomous of the governor and the state legislature, administers public education in the state of Illinois. Local municipalities and their respective school districts operate individual public schools but the ISBE audits performance of public schools with the Illinois School Report Card.
Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack is a one mile long clay oval motor racetrack on the grounds of the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, the state capitol. Constructed in the late 1800s and reconstructed in 1927, the "Springfield Mile" as it is known has hosted competitive auto racing since 1910, making it one of the oldest speedways in the United States.
Illinois State University Illinois State University is a public university in Normal, Illinois and is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. Most commonly referred to simply as ISU, the school was originally named Illinois State Normal University, and was founded in 1857 by Jesse W.
Illinois Technology and Research Corridor The Illinois Technology and Research Corridor is an area located in northeastern Illinois. The corridor is primarily formed by Interstate 88 through DuPage County, but many companies and research centers are located throughout the Chicagoland area.
Illinois Territory Illinois Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States established on March 1, 1809. A portion the area was accepted into the Union as the State of Illinois on December 3, 1818, at which time the Territory ceased to exist.
Illinois Tool Works Illinois Tool Works or ITW () is a Fortune 500 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It employs nearly 50,000 people in 700 business units, and is based in Glenview, Illinois, with operations in 48 countries.
Illinois Waterway The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles of water from the mouth of the Chicago River to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. It is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals which provide a shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River.
Illinois Zephyr The Illinois Zephyr is a 258-mile (415 km) passenger train operated by Amtrak that runs between Chicago and Quincy, Illinois. The train is a part of the Illinois Service rail network and is partially funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Illinois' 14th congressional district Illinois's 14th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that covers a part of northern Illinois, including the cities of Aurora, Elgin, DeKalb, and Dixon, and parts of Henry, Whiteside, Lee, DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, and DuPage counties.
Illinois' 15th congressional district Illinois's 15th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that covers a part of eastern Illinois, including the cities of Charleston, Urbana, Danville, and Champaign, and all or parts of Livingston, Iroquois, Ford, McLean, DeWitt, Champaign, Vermillion, Macon, Piatt, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Coles, Cumberland, Clark, Crawford, Lawrence, Wabash, Edwards, White, Saline, and Gallatin counties. Its population, as determined by the 2000 census is 653,647.
Illinois' 16th congressional district Illinois's 16th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that covers a part of northern Illinois, including the cities of Rockford, Crystal Lake, Machesney Park, Belvidere,Freeport, Illinois and the popular tourist destination of Galena. The 16th District covers all or parts of Jo Daviess,Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, and Whiteside counties.
Illinois' 17th congressional district Illinois's 17th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that covers much of west central Illinois, including the cities of Sterling, Rock Island, Moline, Kewanee, Galesburg, Canton, Macomb, Quincy, Springfield and Decatur. It covers areas in Henry, Whiteside, Rock Island, Mercer, Knox, Warren, Henderson, Fulton, McDonough, Hancock, Adams, Pike, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery, Christian, Sagamon, Macon, Shelby, and Fayette counties.
Illinois' 1st congressional district The First Congressional District of Illinois is a congressional district in the state of Illinois that includes part of Cook County. This district of 653,647 people (as of the 2000 cenusus) covers part of the south side of the city of Chicago as well as some south/southwest suburban areas in Cook County.
Illinois' 3rd congressional district The Third Congressional District of Illinois is a congressional district in the state of Illinois that includes part of Cook County. This district covers a portion of the southwest side of the city of Chicago as well as some west/southwest suburban areas in Cook County.
Illinois' 4th congressional district The Fourth Congressional District of Illinois is a congressional district in the state of Illinois that includes part of Cook County. This district covers two strips running east-west across the city of Chicago, Illinois on the west side continuing into smaller portion of some suburban areas in Cook County, surrounding Illinois' 7th congressional district.
Illinois' 6th congressional district Illinois's 6th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that represents the western suburbs of Chicago, including portions of DuPage and Cook counties. It is currently represented by Republican Peter Roskam.
Illinois' 7th congressional district The Seventh Congressional District of Illinois is a congressional district in the state of Illinois that includes part of Cook County. This district covers downtown Chicago, Illinois as well as some of the west and south sides of city and some west suburban areas in Cook County.
Illegal stamps Illegal stamps, are postage stamp-like labels issued in the names of existing independent countries or territories, entities claiming to be independent, or completely fictitious entities. They are a subset of Philatelic fakes and forgeries for which a member nation of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), has caused the issue of an "International Bureau Circular" advising others of this label.
Illegal Tender Illegal Tender is the first EP by the alternative rock group Louis XIV. It was released on January 21, 2005, and features the band's first single, "Finding Out True Love Is Blind," which was also included on the band's first album, The Best Little Secrets Are Kept, released later in 2005.
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing Illegal fishing takes place where vessels operate in violation of the laws of a fishery.This can apply to fisheries that are under the jurisdiction of a coastal state or to high seas fisheries regulated by regional organisations.
Illegalism Illegalism is an anarchist philosophy that developed primarily in France, Italy, Belgium, and Switzerland during the early 1900s as an outgrowth of anarchist individualism. The illegalists openly embraced criminality as a lifestyle.
Illian In the fictional world of Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time, Illian is a powerful merchant nation north of the Sea of Storms. It is a center of commerce specializing in fishing, shipping, shipbuilding, and smuggling.
Illiasu Shilla Illiasu Shilla, actually named Shilla Illiasu Alhassan (Illiasu is a name, Alhassan is a surname and Shilla is a nickname) (born 20 June 1983) is an Ghanaian football defender who currently, as of September 2006, plays for FC Saturn. (He is of mixed Jewish and Arab ethnicity.
Illiberal democracy Technically speaking, an illiberal democracy could be any democracy that is not a liberal democracy. However, the term is almost always used to denote a particularly authoritarian kind of representative democracy, in which the leaders and lawmakers are elected by the people, but abuse their power while in office.
Illibuck Illibuck is a wooden turtle trophy presented to the winner of the Ohio State-Illinois football game. Originally the "trophy" was a live turtle when the tradition began in 1925, but has been a wooden replica since 1927.
Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act The Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act is a United States federal law enacted on April 30, 2003. A substantially similar Act was proposed during the previous Congress as the Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act (RAVE Act).
Illicium Illicium is a genus of flowering plants containing 42 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees, and is the sole genus in family Illiciaceae. The species are native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern and southeastern Asia, southeastern North America, and the West Indies.
Illini (Amtrak) The Illini is a 310-mile (499 km) passenger train operated by Amtrak that runs between Chicago and Carbondale, Illinois. The train is a part of the Illinois Service rail network and is partially funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation and by local governments along the route.
Illini Drumline The Illini Drumline is the marching percussion section of the Marching Illini, the Marching Band at the University of Illinois. Instrumentation varies from year to year, but typically includes 10 snare drums, 5 tenors, 5 bass drums, and 10 cymbals.
Illini Media The Illini Media Company, previously known as the Illini Publishing Company, is a non-profit corporation that owns the Daily Illini, a student-run newspaper at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; WPGU-FM 107.1, a student-run commercial radio station; the Illio, a yearbook for students; the Buzz a student run weekly; and the Technograph, a student run engineering quarterly.
Illiniwek The Illiniwek (also known as the Illini, Illinois, Illinois Confederacy) were a group of six Native American tribes in the upper Mississippi River valley of North America. The tribes were the Kaskaskia, the Cahokia, the Peoria, the Tamaroa, Moingwena and the Michigamea.
Illinoi, Illinois Illinoi is a small place on the Illinois/Indiana state line. Illinoi was originally a station on the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad, later part of the Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad, then the New York Central Railroad, then Penn Central Transportation and finally Conrail (by then there was no passenger service).
Illinois 10th congressional district election, 2006 — Although reliably Republican in past elections, this district located in the northern suburbs of Chicago in Cook and Lake counties, along Lake Michigan, voted for John Kerry and Barack Obama in 2004, which may make re-election in 2008 a challenge for Republican incumbent Mark Kirk. Kirk is the head of the Moderate Republican caucus.
Illinois 8th congressional district election, 2006 The Illinois 8th congressional district election of 2006 took place on November 7, 2006, and was considered unusual in several ways. The two main candidates in the election for the United States House of Representatives were incumbent Melissa Bean of the Democratic Party and Republican Party candidate David McSweeney, joined by third-party candidate Bill Scheurer, running as a self-proclaimed "moderate.
Illinois and Michigan Canal The Illinois and Michigan Canal ran 96 miles (155 km) from the Bridgeport neighborhood in Chicago on the Chicago River to LaSalle, Illinois on the Illinois River. It was finished in 1848 and allowed boat transportation from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
Illinois Archaeological Survey The Illinois Archaeological Survey (IAS) is a society of professional archaeologists, and other technical professionals, dedicated to identifying and preserving important archaeological resources throughout the state of Illinois. The Survey was founded in 1956 and is one of the oldest professional archaeological societies in the Americas.
Illinois Archaeology The professional journal Illinois Archaeology is published by the Illinois Archaeological Survey, one of the oldest professional archaeological societies in the Americas. The peer-reviewed journal is considered the flagship professional journal of the region.
Illinois Beach State Park Illinois Beach State Park is part of the Illinois state park system and is located along Lake Michigan in northeast Illinois in the city of Zion and the Village of Winthrop Harbor. The park is broken into two units that encompass an area of 4,160 acres and contains over six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline.
Illinois Bend, Texas Illinois Bend is on Farm to Market Road 677 twenty miles northeast of Montague in the extreme northeastern corner of Montague County. The community, which initially was called Wardville, after local landowner C.
Illinois Central 201 Illinois Central 201 is a steam locomotive, originally owned and operated by Illinois Central Railroad. In 1949, the locomotive was operated at the Chicago Railroad Fair as part of the "Wheels A-Rolling" pageant.
Illinois Central College Illinois Central College is a large junior college located in northern East Peoria, Illinois. It features artist galleries as a part of the Performing Arts Center, which exhibit new works by students and nationally known artists every 3 weeks.
Illinois Central Railroad The Illinois Central , sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad carrier in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with Sioux City, Iowa (1870).
Illinois Central Railroad Depot (Ullin, Illinois) The Illinois Central Railroad Depot in Ullin, Illinois is the only site in the village of Ullin listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Together with the Olmstead Depot in Olmsted the Illinois Central Railroad Depot represents half of Pulaski County's listed sites.
Illinois Central Railroad Water Tower and Pump House The Illinois Central Railroad Water Tower and Pump House is located in the small Marion County, Illinois city of Kinmundy. The Water Tower and Pump House has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1998.
Illinois Civil Justice League The Illinois Civil Justice League is a coalition of Illinois citizens, small and large businesses, associations, professional societies, not-for-profit organizations and local governments that have joined together to work for fairness in the Illinois civil justice system. The League's agenda is limited to working for, and preservation of, a civil justice system that is fair to all Illinois citizens and interests.
Illinois College Illinois College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (USA); it is located in Jacksonville, Illinois. It is the second oldest college in Illinois, founded in 1829 by one of the famous Yale Bands -- students from Yale University that travelled westward to found new colleges.
Illinois College of Optometry The Illinois College of Optometry is a 4-year private optometry college located in Chicago, Illinois. Graduating approximately 160 optometrists a year, it is the largest optometry college in the United States and is the oldest continually operating educational facility dedicated solely to the teaching of optometrists.
Illinois Country The Illinois Country (French: Pays des Illinois) was the name used in the 17th century and afterwards to refer to an undefined region centered around present day southwest Illinois that was explored and settled by the French beginning in 1673, when Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette explored the Mississippi River, and France claimed the Illinois Country.
Illinois District The Illinois District is a geographical segment of the Barbershop Harmony Society, an all-male North American singing organization. It encompasses the entire state of Illinois, and is one of four BHS districts that lie completely within a single state or province (the others being the Sunshine District, the Pioneer District, and the Ontario District.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) of the state of Illinois is the primary body concerned with the protection of the environment for the state. The Illinois EPA's mission is "to safeguard environmental quality, consistent with the social and economic needs of the State, so as to protect health, welfare, property and the quality of life.
Illinois General Assembly The Illinois General Assembly is the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States, created by the first constitution adopted in 1818. It works beside the executive branch led by the state governor and the judicial branch led by the supreme court.
Illinois Governmental Internship Program (IGIP) The Illinois Governmental Internship Program is a hands-on learning opportunity for high school seniors in Illinois. Approximately forty students each year (twenty each semester) serve as special assistants in organizations ranging from the Governor's Office to the University School of Medicine to the State Board of Education.
Illinois High School Association The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is one of 521 state high school associations in the United States, designed to regulate competition in interscholastic events at the high school level. It is a charter member of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818.
Illinois in the American Civil War The state of Illinois during the American Civil War was a major source of troops for the Union army (particularly for those armies serving in the Western Theater), as well as military supplies, food, and clothing. Situated strategically near major rivers and railroads, the state became a major jumping off place early in the war for Ulysses S.
Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago is part of The Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges focusing on helping students develop marketable skills within creative industries. The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago offers bachelor's degree or associates degree for several programs including: fashion, interior design, visual communication/graphic design and other media arts, and culinary arts.
Illinois language The Illinois language is a Native American language formerly spoken in the United States, primarily in Illinois and adjacent areas along the Mississippi River by several subtribes, among them the Kaskaskia, Peoria, and Tamaroa. Later the Illinois tribes were forcibly removed from that state, eventually settling in northeastern Oklahoma.
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, or IMSA, is a three-year, residential, public high school of approximately 640 students (comprised of sophomores, juniors, and seniors). IMSA is located in Aurora, Illinois, about 35 miles due west of Chicago, Illinois.
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (or IMRF) was created in 1939 by the Illinois General Assembly and began operating in 1941 with 5 original employers and $5,000 in assets. Today IMRF serves approximately 2,900 employers and has more than $19 billion in assets.
Illinois news broadcasters association The Illinois News Broadcasters Association (INBA) is a non-profit organization made up of rank-and-file broadcast journalists from across the state of Illinois. Founded on the 12th of January 1955, the INBA now has over 200 members who work in radio, television, wire services, and education.
Illinois National Guard Armory (Rockford) The Illinois National Guard Armory in Rockford, Illinois, Winnebago County is located at 605 Main St. and served as the headquarters for Illinois National Guard units of various designations for nearly 60 years.
Illinois Open Championship The Illinois Open Championship is a golf tournament that is administered by the Illinois PGA (Professional Golfers' Association). The "state championship of golf" is a 54-hole championship over three days to determine the finest player in the state of Illinois.
Illinois Parallel Railroad The Illinois Parallel Railroad was an early predecessor to the Chicago and North Western Railway, and was incorporated in Illinois on February 12, 1851 (another source lists the date as February 17th) to construct a 44.6 mile rail line northward from Chicago through Waukegan to Wisconsin paralleling Lake Michigan at a distance of no less than ten miles from the lake's west shore.
Illinois PGA Established in 1916, the Illinois PGA, headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, is a professional service organization serving the golf professionals in northern and central Illinois, and is responsible for the administration of competitive golf tournaments and golf professional support programs. The Illinois PGA is the 12th largest of the 41 regional entities or "Sections" that comprise the Professional Golfers' Association of America.
Illinois Prairie Path The Illinois Prairie Path (often called the Prairie Path and abbreviated IPP) is a network of 61 miles (98 km) of bicycle trails, mostly in DuPage County, Illinois. Portions of the trail extend west to Kane County and east to Cook County.
Illinois RailNet The Illinois RailNet (also called Illinois Railway) (AAR reporting mark IR) is a Class III railroad operating in northern Illinois. It operates 113 miles of former Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway trackage in the west Chicago suburbs.
Illinois Railway Museum The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) is the United States's largest railway museum. Granted tax-exempt status in 1957, the mission of the Museum is to demonstrate the vital role railroads have played in the growth of the Chicago area as well as the United States.
Illinois River The Illinois River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 273 miles (439 km) long, in the state of Illinois in the United States. The river drains a large section of central Illinois, with a drainage basin of 40,000 square miles (104,000 km²).
Illinois River (Oregon) The Illinois River is a tributary of the Rogue River, approximately 75 mi (120 km) long, in southwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains a mountainous area of the Coastal Range in the southwestern corner of the state.
Illinois Route 10 Illinois Route 10 is an arterial east-west state road that runs from rural Mason County, Illinois east to Champaign, Illinois, a distance of about 91 miles (146 km)Rand McNally. "The Road Atlas '04: United States, Canada and Mexico".
Illinois Route 104 Illinois Route 104 is a state highway in central and western Illinois. It extends from Illinois Route 29 near Taylorville, Illinois, west over the Illinois River at Meredosia, Illinois to its western terminus in downtown Quincy, Illinois.
Illinois Route 127 Illinois Route 127 is a north-south highway in central and southern Illinois. Its southern terminus is at Illinois Route 3 near Olive Branch and its northern terminus at Interstate 55, along with the southern terminus of Illinois Route 48 in Raymond.
Illinois Route 13 Illinois Route 13 is a major east-west state route in southern Illinois. Illinois 13 has its western terminus at Centreville at Illinois Route 157 and its eastern terminus at the Kentucky state line and the Ohio River, at Kentucky Route 56.
Illinois Route 131 Illinois Route 131 is a north-south state road in northeastern Illinois. It extends south from Highway 31 at the Illinois/Wisconsin state line by Pleasant Prairie, south to Illinois Route 176 in Lake Bluff, a distance of 10 miles (16 km).
Illinois Route 132 Illinois Route 132 is an arterial state road that connects Illinois Route 59 near Fox Lake, Illinois, with Illinois Route 131 in Waukegan. It is known as Grand Avenue for its entire length, and Grand Avenue extends west beyond Lindenhurst to near U.
Illinois Route 137 Illinois Route 137 is a state highway in northeast Illinois. It runs from the Wisconsin Border north of Winthrop Harbor south to North Chicago, west to Libertyville, and then back northwest to Grayslake, terminating at Illinois Route 83 just south of Illinois Route 120.
Illinois Route 142 Illinois Route 142 is a major arterial road in southeastern Illinois. It runs from near the town center of Equality, Illinois at Calhoun Street, a local road, north to Illinois Route 37 and the northern terminus of Illinois Route 148 in Mount Vernon, Illinois.
Illinois Route 148 Illinois Route 148 is a north-south state road in southern Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 37 at Pulleys Mill (near the intersection of Interstate 24 and Interstate 57) north to the western terminus of Illinois Route 142 and Illinois 37 south of downtown Mount Vernon.
Illinois Route 150 Illinois Route 150 is an east-west state road in southern Illinois. It runs from the Chester Bridge, a truss bridge over the Mississippi River to Route 51 in the state of Missouri, to Illinois Route 154 in rural Perry County well west of Pinckneyville.
Illinois Route 16 Illinois Route 16 is an arterial east-west highway in central Illinois. Its western terminus is at the Joe Page Bridge over the Illinois River in Hardin, while its eastern terminus is at Paris at Illinois Route 1 and U.
Illinois Route 178 Illinois Route 178 is a minor north-south state highway in north central Illinois. It runs north from the unincorporated area of Lowell to Interstate 80 about 3 miles (5 km) north of North Utica, which is better known as simply Utica.
Illinois Route 2 Illinois Route 2 is a north-south state road in northern Illinois. It currently starts at Illinois Route 40 in Sterling, Illinois and ends at the Wisconsin state line north of South Beloit, Illinois, very near the intersection with U.
Illinois Route 242 Illinois Route 242 is a north-south state highway that runs north from Illinois Route 142 in McLeansboro to Illinois Route 15 in Wayne City. It is approximately 19 miles (31 km) long and serves as a spur of Illinois Route 142, which runs north-south from Mount Vernon to Equality.
Illinois Route 255 Illinois Route 255, also referred to as the Alton Bypass (though it does not yet completely bypass Alton), is a northwesterly extension of Interstate 255 in southwestern Illinois. Illinois 255 starts at I-270 in Pontoon Beach and currently ends at Fosterburg Road in Alton, a distance of 13.
Illinois Route 26 Illinois Route 26 is a north-south state road in centranl and north-central Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 116 just north of East Peoria, Illinois to Highway 69 at the Wisconsin border near Orangeville, Illinois.
Illinois Route 3 Illinois Route 3 is a major north-south arterial state highway in southwestern Illinois. It has its southern terminus at Cairo Junction (about 4 miles, or 7 km, north of Cairo) at the intersection of Interstate 57 and U.
Illinois Route 33 Illinois Route 33 is a multidirectional highway in southeastern Illinois, with its western terminus at Illinois Route 128 on the Fayette-Effingham county line near Beecher City and its southern terminus at U.S.
Illinois Route 336 Illinois Route 336 is a four-lane freeway/expressway combination that serves western Illinois. It is also used to refer to the name of a future project to connect the cities of Quincy and Peoria via underserved Macomb.
Illinois Route 34 Illinois Route 34 is a north-south state road in southern Illinois. It runs from a former ferry crossing to Kentucky Route 297 across the Ohio River in Rosiclare to the multipexed Illinois Routes 14 and 37 in Benton, Illinois.
Illinois Route 394 Illinois Route 394 is a short four-lane state freeway that travels south from Thornton at the Interstate 294/Interstate 94/Interstate 80 (Tri-State Tollway/Bishop Ford Expressway) interchange to Illinois Route 1 south of Steger and Crete. Before taking the Illinois 394 route, it was known as Alt Illinois 1.
Illinois Route 4 Illinois Route 4 is a long state road that runs south from the Interstate 55 business loop around Springfield south to Illinois Route 13 just north of Murphysboro. This is a distance of about 160 miles (257 km)Rand McNally.
Illinois Route 47 Illinois Route 47 is a largely rural north-south state highway that runs from the Wisconsin state border at Highway 120 near Hebron, to Illinois Route 10, just south of Interstate 72 near Seymour. This is a distance of about 160 miles (257 km).
Illinois Route 60 Illinois Route 60 is an east-west state highway in Lake County, in northeastern Illinois. It connects the village of Volo at Illinois Route 120 (Belvidere Road) just east of Illinois Route 59 with the village of Lake Forest at U.
Illinois Route 62 Illinois Route 62 is an east-west state road in northeast Illinois. It runs from downtown Algonquin at Illinois Route 31 (Main Street) to the intersection with Illinois Route 83 (Elmhurst Road) by industrial Mount Prospect, about 20 miles (32 km).
Illinois Route 96 Illinois Route 96 is a north-south state road in far western Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 100 in Kampsville, not far from a ferry crossing across the Illinois River, to Illinois Route 94 north of Terre Haute.
Illinois skills match Illinois skills match is an online service for the people of Illinois to find employment in the state of Illinois. This government website was introduced for the people of Illinois to combat unemployment as part of the IDES (Illinois Department of Employment services) online modernization campaign.
Illinois statewide office elections, 2006 The 2006 Election for statewide offices in the State of Illinois were held on 7 November 2006. On that date, registered voters in the State of Illinois were eligible to elect officeholders in six statewide offices.
Illinois Senate The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818.
Illinois School Report Card The Illinois School Report Card is a measurement of school performance created by the Illinois State Board of Education. Every public school in Illinois has a card published that lists data about school demographics, salaries and test performance.
Illinois State Board of Education The Illinois State Board of Education or ISBE, autonomous of the governor and the state legislature, administers public education in the state of Illinois. Local municipalities and their respective school districts operate individual public schools but the ISBE audits performance of public schools with the Illinois School Report Card.
Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack is a one mile long clay oval motor racetrack on the grounds of the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, the state capitol. Constructed in the late 1800s and reconstructed in 1927, the "Springfield Mile" as it is known has hosted competitive auto racing since 1910, making it one of the oldest speedways in the United States.
Illinois State University Illinois State University is a public university in Normal, Illinois and is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. Most commonly referred to simply as ISU, the school was originally named Illinois State Normal University, and was founded in 1857 by Jesse W.
Illinois Technology and Research Corridor The Illinois Technology and Research Corridor is an area located in northeastern Illinois. The corridor is primarily formed by Interstate 88 through DuPage County, but many companies and research centers are located throughout the Chicagoland area.
Illinois Territory Illinois Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States established on March 1, 1809. A portion the area was accepted into the Union as the State of Illinois on December 3, 1818, at which time the Territory ceased to exist.
Illinois Tool Works Illinois Tool Works or ITW () is a Fortune 500 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It employs nearly 50,000 people in 700 business units, and is based in Glenview, Illinois, with operations in 48 countries.
Illinois Waterway The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles of water from the mouth of the Chicago River to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. It is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals which provide a shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River.
Illinois Zephyr The Illinois Zephyr is a 258-mile (415 km) passenger train operated by Amtrak that runs between Chicago and Quincy, Illinois. The train is a part of the Illinois Service rail network and is partially funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Illinois' 14th congressional district Illinois's 14th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that covers a part of northern Illinois, including the cities of Aurora, Elgin, DeKalb, and Dixon, and parts of Henry, Whiteside, Lee, DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, and DuPage counties.
Illinois' 15th congressional district Illinois's 15th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that covers a part of eastern Illinois, including the cities of Charleston, Urbana, Danville, and Champaign, and all or parts of Livingston, Iroquois, Ford, McLean, DeWitt, Champaign, Vermillion, Macon, Piatt, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Coles, Cumberland, Clark, Crawford, Lawrence, Wabash, Edwards, White, Saline, and Gallatin counties. Its population, as determined by the 2000 census is 653,647.
Illinois' 16th congressional district Illinois's 16th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that covers a part of northern Illinois, including the cities of Rockford, Crystal Lake, Machesney Park, Belvidere,Freeport, Illinois and the popular tourist destination of Galena. The 16th District covers all or parts of Jo Daviess,Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, and Whiteside counties.
Illinois' 17th congressional district Illinois's 17th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that covers much of west central Illinois, including the cities of Sterling, Rock Island, Moline, Kewanee, Galesburg, Canton, Macomb, Quincy, Springfield and Decatur. It covers areas in Henry, Whiteside, Rock Island, Mercer, Knox, Warren, Henderson, Fulton, McDonough, Hancock, Adams, Pike, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery, Christian, Sagamon, Macon, Shelby, and Fayette counties.
Illinois' 1st congressional district The First Congressional District of Illinois is a congressional district in the state of Illinois that includes part of Cook County. This district of 653,647 people (as of the 2000 cenusus) covers part of the south side of the city of Chicago as well as some south/southwest suburban areas in Cook County.
Illinois' 3rd congressional district The Third Congressional District of Illinois is a congressional district in the state of Illinois that includes part of Cook County. This district covers a portion of the southwest side of the city of Chicago as well as some west/southwest suburban areas in Cook County.
Illinois' 4th congressional district The Fourth Congressional District of Illinois is a congressional district in the state of Illinois that includes part of Cook County. This district covers two strips running east-west across the city of Chicago, Illinois on the west side continuing into smaller portion of some suburban areas in Cook County, surrounding Illinois' 7th congressional district.
Illinois' 6th congressional district Illinois's 6th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that represents the western suburbs of Chicago, including portions of DuPage and Cook counties. It is currently represented by Republican Peter Roskam.
Illinois' 7th congressional district The Seventh Congressional District of Illinois is a congressional district in the state of Illinois that includes part of Cook County. This district covers downtown Chicago, Illinois as well as some of the west and south sides of city and some west suburban areas in Cook County.
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